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Subject: Re: 0x88 and move generator speed - My results

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 00:40:05 02/01/01

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On February 01, 2001 at 00:28:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>you need one more test.  How quickly can you generate _only_ capture
>moves?  That is the biggest part of the total move generation process,
>because of the q-search.  And that is a place where bitmaps really shines
>brightly.  IE I can generate captures _just_ as quickly as I can generate
>non-captures.  I don't have to cull non-captures or anything, after the
>fact... I just never generate them in the first place...
>
>0x88 does great at generating everything.  It loses its advantage and then
>some when you take generating only captures.  I also can generate legal-only
>moves without doing in-check tests...

How do you do that? Generate legal-only moves without doing in-check tests, that
is.

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